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" The men have piled up in my past, have fallen trenchantly through my life, like an avalanche that doesn't mean to kill but is going to bury me alive just the same. "

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Men

Life

Alive

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Person

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Only

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I Am

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Good

Great

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